i recently slid the afc on my pump forward and it helped alot. i can now roll on the throttle in third and hold the brake and it will burn the tires. i was wondering what else i could do to my truck that would help it power and reliability wise while keeping it relatively stock. i have a 97 2500 12v 5 speed 4x4 the plate is out and i disconnected the wastegate and plumbed a boost gauge to it. im not sure how much boost it pushes, it will peg a 30 gauge before 2000 rpms in fourth gear wot. any help would be appreciated.

 

You should put in an egt guage since you turned up the fueling.

 

yep egt gauge is a must

 

egt and probably a bigger boost gauge seems how you can peg that one easily

 

hook your wastegate back up

 

before you should do anything you should look at getting a clutch

 

i was looking at clutches and i was thinking about a 550hp single disk from southbend, but im not sure if it would b a good fit because i drive it daily, my plans are to increase the timing, add either 100 or 140 horse injectors and get a larger turbo, not sure what turbo yet. i connected the wastegate and at full throttle you can feel the clutch wanting to slip in 5th but it doesnt yet. any input would be appreciated. thanks for the help.

 

straight pipe it if you haven't done that yet.

 

bhaf, and a set of stix or dv's